#A98020#A98020

#A98020 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98020
RGB	rgb(169, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 6.90, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 54.47, 82.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.0132 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.118 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3437, 23.9795, 4.7126)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98020 #2049A9

analogous

#A93C20 #A98020 #8EA920

triadic

#A98020 #20A980 #8020A9

tetradic

#A98020 #20A93C #2049A9 #A9208E

square

#A98020 #20A93C #2049A9 #A9208E

split-complementary

#A98020 #208EA9 #3C20A9

monochromatic

#42320D #765916 #A98020 #D8A52F #E1BB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A98020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#A98020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98020

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98020	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a464',
    500: '#a98020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98020;
$custom-light: #c7a464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62381,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98020

secondary

#5F7EC6

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98020

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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